Biologist Petitions Russia to Save Its Sacred Sea.

The article focuses on the petition of Dennis Lavrov, an evolutionary biologist, that encourages the Russian government to stop the dumping of a paper mill toxic waste in Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. According to Lavrov, the lake is considered a unique laboratory for evolutionary studies due to its relative isolation and diverse ecosystem. He mentions that the reversal of the ban on toxic disposal by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has underestimated the ecological impact of the paper mill.